On Wed, 9 May 2007 16:32:30 +0200 Mish Mash wrote: > dear all, > > I'm trying to use sparse for writing various source code analysis > tools (I was using ctool previously). I'm currently going through the > source trying to figure out what I need. Given the excessive amounts > of comments I'm having to wade through, this probably isn't the > fastest way of figuring the beast out ;) > > Does anyone have any notes they've taken or can point me at code that > uses sparse to help get a rough idea of how to use the beast? (Ideally > slightly more detailed than Randy Dunlap's howto) I noticed smatch now > uses sparse and i've applied their patch which I'm going over. Is > there anything better? (I've already found the no longer very useful > presentation at http://developer.osdl.org/dmo/sparse/) [belated] Hi, My sparse howto was never meant to be a guide to sparse internals, but agreed, something like that would be very helpful. My sparse howto is really intended to be a basic/intro user guide since I didn't find one anywhere else. And I have just updated it -- comments/corrections welcome. http://www.xenotime.net/linux/sparse/sparse_howto.txt --- ~Randy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-sparse" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
